US: My faith in action

This 11-year-old Muslim-American wonders how I can give thanks in this holiday season. The world seems like a crazy place these days. People are blowing themselves up in places like Pakistan and someone recently even tried to shoot at the president from outside the White House.

Sadly, many of these fanatics are doing it in the name of God. Some even say they belong to my faith, Islam.

US: Purely American Holiday Has Universal Sentiment

FITCHBURG -- Immigrants across the region put their own ethnic spin on the holiday.

This Thanksgiving marks the 31st year that Bashir Uddin Mehmud came to America from Pakistan.

Mehmud is president of the Fitchburg chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and serves as the imam.

Canada: A Celebration Of Faith

This past Saturday Cross Cultures Magazine (CCM) presented a multi-faith gathering, or ‘Panorama of Sacred Expression’ hosted at Forest Hill United Church in Kitchener. Albeit a small gathering, those in attendance presented a mosaic of beliefs and stimulated a great deal of conversation. Event promotions described the event as an opportunity to share all things sacred from various religious faiths and denominations, and challenged anyone to “prove your faith has taught you love for all mankind.”

Politics: Diplomacy For Diplomats

The Mansoor Ijaz affair is the most disgraceful diplomatic episode in Pakistan’s history. It demonstrates the extent to which the foreign policy establishment has deteriorated because of the appointment of persons of questionable probity as envoys to key capitals.

Science: Salaam Abdus Salam

Mohammad Abdus Salam (1926-1996) was his full name, which may add to the knowledge of those who wish he was either not Ahmadi or Pakistani. The man proudly lived and died as both, and much more, as Pakistan disowned him, in life and in death. The government denied him the honour of a state funeral; the media remained absent from the burial ceremony at Rabwah, which has since been renamed not after Abdus Salam but as Chenab Nagar, just to spite its Ahmadi residents.

World: Pakistan's Only Nobel Laureate Goes Unremembered

FAISALABAD: Pakistan’s only Nobel Laureate Dr Abdus Salam’s 15th death anniversary on Monday was not commemorated in the country.

The Physics genius was born in a small town Jhang on January 29, 1926, a little over 85 years ago.

In 1979, Salam shared the Nobel Prize with Steven Weinberg and Sheldon Glashow for the historic unification of the weak nuclear force with the electromagnetic force.

Science: Dr Abdus Salam Remembered?

PESHAWAR: “Who is afraid of Dr Salam?” was a wonderful reminder published in ‘The News’, by Mr Masood Hassan, on November 14, 2010. After reading his article, I suddenly remembered meeting him back in 1990, after he delivered a thought-provoking lecture in the School of African and Oriental Studies in London. The fact that a very unassuming Pakistani social scientist could receive so much respect and honour by his fellow professors present was both very touching and inspiring.

World: US Commission Urges Obama to Raise Religious Freedoms in Indonesia

A U.S. government panel is urging President Barack Obama to address ongoing problems of religious freedom in Indonesia during his upcoming visit.

Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim youth enlightening people on The Holy Quran

Educating Leduc residents was the goal of the Holy Qur'an open house held at the Leduc Public Library on Nov. 2. The tour has traveled to more than 230 communities across Canada in the past year.

Africa: Amir Trawally's Tobaski Message

His Holiness Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Head of Worldwide Ahmadiyya Community) with African Kings

The Amir of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in The Gambia, Baba F Trawally has issued a traditional Eid-ul Adha commonly known as Tobaski message to the Muslims in observance of the feast.

The message copied to the Daily Observer with the theme "unity of Allah Almighty is the source of universal peace" Amr Trawally seized the opportunity to ask for the continuous prayers for the Almighty Allah to establish peace in countries disorder.

Vatican City: Pakistani authorities may oblige Islamist, fears Bishop

Blasphemy law abused by Islamist groups to take action against dissenters

Vatican City, (KAP): The chairman of the Pakistani bishops' conference, Bishop Joseph Coutts, has accused the state authorities’ inaction against a growing Islamic extremism in the country.

"Religious minorities are discriminated against in Pakistan and the government and the institutions of the country remain silent," said Coutts before the Vatican press service "Faith".

Silicon Valley: Eid-ul-Adha Brings Family, Friends to Milpitas Mosque

The holiday brought people from three different mosques to Milpitas.

Muslims from all over the Bay Area converged at the Ahmadiyya Baitul Baseer Mosque to celebrate Eid-ul-Adha.

The holiday honors the biblical story of Abhraham, who is believed to be the father of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, when he was asked to sacrifice his son, Ishmael. Abraham was about to kill his son, when God intervened at the last minute and told him he had proved his devotion.

Education: Massachusetts School District Marks Muslim Holiday

Some Massachusetts public school students have a day off this week, but it has nothing to do with power outages or snow.

The Cambridge school system is believed to be the first in Massachusetts to give all students a day off for a Muslim holiday.

Students are getting Tuesday off for Eid al-Adha, also known as the Festival of Sacrifice, the Boston Globe reports.

US: Eid brings a stronger Muslim Community with celebration

Eid al-Adha is based on the Old Testament and Quran story about Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, in an act of submission to God’s will.

Traditionally, Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of the final month of the Islamic calendar, the day after the pilgrims perform their Hajj — the annual pilgrimage to Mecca — and descend from Mount Arafat.

Pakistan: Human Rights Group Publishes Report On Blasphemy Law

Xavier William, president of the humanitarian rights group Life for All, has been working as an activist in Pakistan since 2004. He says he and his colleagues regularly receive threats for their work, but that that "they don't stop us."

"If we don't speak up, somebody has to," he says.

Canada: Muslims prepare for festival of Eid

None of the three children in the Chaudhary household have ever set foot in their ancestral country of Pakistan. But to them, their parents and 75,000 other Muslims who call Calgary home, loyalty to family traditions still runs deep.

"Our parents kept us close to the culture," says 35-year-old Mansoora Chaudhary, who was born, raised and educated in Calgary.

World: Sharia as a legal code

Libya’s interim government, following the death of Muammar Gadaffi, has announced that “Sharia law” will govern the country. A great deal of fear and skepticism has developed regarding Sharia law. The application of Sharia law during the time of Prophet Muhammad and his four Caliphs, however, demonstrates what Muslim states refer to as Sharia law is anything but.

UK: Why British Muslims Should Wear A Poppy

War is the greatest injustice mankind can inflict on itself.

Unfortunately, not a day has passed for centuries when somewhere and somehow one nation was not at war with the other. It appears that war is a natural state of being for our species. And as we are still learning to attain peace in our world, we sometimes have to take sides in such wars. Especially when our country, nation or way of life is under threat.

Guatemala: Dispatches From Gift Of Sight Camp - Idris Aziz

What was gained through this trip in life experience and personal growth, let alone occupational skills and actual field work, is incomparable. I was one of few blessed with the opportunity to be a component of this phenomenal Gift of Sight mission team.